f150_offroader

I am new to this and was wondering if there are any upgrades for the nylint. Also does any one have any pics of CUSTOM nylints. thanks

tommyboythompson

I just posted videos in the rock crawler thread and this is a picture of one of mine

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there are tons of upgrades for them.

Harvick

LIke what upgrades??? Are there parts avail or all custom work? Please give a few examples.

Thanks

APEXdriver89

its all custom work dude...as far as crawling goes...if u can build it, its gonna be better than buyin something IMO...

steve.shafer

shave off plastic. i' ve found that they are very top heavy

steve.shafer

....also try mounting the shocks at a different angle

twistedcherokee

Stretch the wheel base out, bigger tires, change shock mounts. I will try to post some pics of my Scorpion w/2.2's. I have been so busy trying new things out I have not done 1 pic of it yet. There are a couple of ways to stretch out the wheel base. I am in the process of doing the extended arms and already have the extended pivot point.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16514 This shows quiet a few mods.

Toby

twistedcherokee

jaardesign

Thats sweet! Thats the 1/18 scale right? does it have plenty of power?

twistedcherokee

It's the 1/18th and seems to have plenty of power.

Toby

Southern_Crawler

Here are a few pics of my 1:18th comp. crawler. It has 4 coils cut off the springs, inborded rear shocks, cut and rev. tires, narrowed wheels, dove tailed rear, front and rear 3rd link extended 1/2inch each...I also removed front windshield,pass. seat, rear bed cover, and headlights. then i painted it "ford red" with silver cage...

I keep up with mild modded TLT's!

enjoy:

twistedcherokee

I used these wheels, http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXJH63&P=RF the mod was very simple. I cut a long 1/4" allen wrench and put a point on it, put it in my drill press, heated up the allen wrench and pressed it down thru with the drill press. Then I ground down the back of the wheel flat. It is a perfect fit. I will try to get some pics posted soon. Then all you need to do is use a flat washer. I am also running Swamp Dogs wo/foams. Been running bb's in them but think I will go to the stick on weights.






Toby

twistedcherokee

Toby

ifan

i just got mine and all i've done is paint the rollcage black ad it makes it look cooler

Earthworm Jim

one question...i have a 1/16 scale and im wondering....how do you in board the rear shocks?..and what advantages does it have?

twistedcherokee

I took a piece of tin and drilled holes to mount them. The advantage is that when the axle drops, it is in a rotatoinal way, so it gives it more travel with a shorter shock.


Toby

twistedcherokee

Here is a pic of the first set of wheels that I put on. You can see the ground down chrome of the original wheels.


Toby

Earthworm Jim

so when you attached the tin...did you drill straight into the chassis or did you attach somewhere else?

twistedcherokee

I put it in the original shock mount holes.

Toby